accusatrix

From Latin accūsātrīx (“accuser (female)”). See: -trix.^[1]

• (Received Pronunciation)¹ IPA^(key): /əˈkjusətɹɪks/
• (Received Pronunciation)² IPA^(key): /ækjuˈzeɪtɹɪks/

accusatrix (plural accusatrices)

1. A female accusator.

   Synonym: accuseress

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:accusatrix.

From accūsō (“blame, accuse”) +‎ -trīx, from ad (“to, towards, at”) + causa (“cause, reason, account, lawsuit”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ak.kuːˈsaː.triːks/, [äkːuːˈs̠äːt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ak.kuˈsa.triks/, [äkːuˈs̬äːt̪riks]

accūsātrīx f (genitive accūsātrīcis); third declension

1. a female accuser, accusatrix

Third-declension noun.

• English: accusatrix
• Italian: accusatrice

• “accusatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press